An Alluvial Mine has been discovered within the grounds of Soul Food and it is opening for sturdy miners who know that to find creative gold you have to be prepared to dig deeply. These miners also know that there is gold to be found in the tailings and so they become expert gleaners who may find gold by taking a phrase and reworking it.

Friday, March 25, 2005

Silver

River of Prayers

Walking miles through ceaseless rainBarren hills of fear and painColor fades and light goes outRain falls parched and seared with doubtMemory fades, meanings spinPain is all that’s ever beenNever to again feel peaceNo kind of hope, no release

In the bats wing of despairAppears the tail end of a prayerSilver in the blackness fallsTwists and glitters, silent callsI saw it there, a slender sparkLeading up, out of the darkIn the silence, thin and hollowedSilver sang, and I followed

Like a woven plait of stairsThe silver sang with many prayersLinked to make a glistening lightLeading out of pain and nightThrough the hours it carried meSilver river to the seaBorne upon it’s healing foamThe river brought me safely home